The Darkness Awakens

They’ve literally taken everything unique about this character and made it about nostalgia and appeasing the neckbeard fuckwits who screamed Mary Sue.

Great power in the Force? That’s because she’s Sheevseed. Tremendous skill in lightsaber combat? Downloaded from Kylo. Lightsaber that once belonged to Anakin, then Luke, then called to her? She’s suddenly decided she’s unworthy of it because reasons. Now her fucking wardrobe? Well that’s from another character too lol.

A "The Rise of Skywalker" Fix-It Fic

Synopsis:

In a race against time, Rey and the Resistance must prepare for the final battle against the First Order and the Phantom Emperor Palpatine.

Beware that much of this is currently speculation since TROS was recently released and there’s still many unanswered questions and new concepts that need further explanation.

Before we begin, a keyword in this overall theory is “VERGENCE” which is a Force phenomenon that centers around a place, object, or an individual.

I want to start with the minor stuff first. Luke’s compass was first introduced in the game Star Wars Battlefront II which came out the month before The Last Jedi premiered. The Jedi compass is explained to be attuned to find specific hyperspatial points and is also what guided Luke to Ahch-To. Note that it is described to function similarly to the Sith Wayfinder that was introduced in TROS. So the Jedi Compass is the equivalent of the Sith Wayfinder. The Jedi Compass led to Ahch-To. The Sith Wayfinder led to Exegol. Image 2 of the compass is found in the TROS dictionary page “Wayfinders” to compare the compass to the sith wayfinders. I promise there’s a point that I’m leading to with this, but just keep in mind these two objects as I delve further on.

On the other hand, does anyone remember what happened to Luke’s compass? We saw it in The Last Jedi so it makes sense that it would appear in the TLJ visual dictionary. But I don’t remember seeing the compass at all in TROS, so why would it reappear in the TROS dictionary?

This is another minor detail, but I wanted to add the Ancient Starmap artifact from TLJ because in Star Wars the starmaps have often been used to find certain celestial bodies or specific objects. I’m just not sure how this would compare to using the compass/wayfinder or perhaps they can be used together.

Now, let’s get into the more solid evidence… We’ll start with Ahch-to…

I want to grab this part of the line where it says Luke lost track of time on the island because of neglect AND because of something about the island itself. I want to tie this is in with the concept of the Dyad. We don’t know much about it but we know that a dyad pair is a special kind of Force Bond that connects the two individuals across space and time. We have seen Rey and Ben connecting across space a la their Force Skype session and we’ve seen how they are able to physically transport objects across space itself through their dyad bond. But what about the TIME aspect of their connection? We’ve seen them connect across space, but we have yet to see them connect across time itself.

Let’s go back all the way to TFA when Rey touches the legacy saber for the first time and experiences a force vision of events.

Short reylo comic to celebrate the new year!